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@LifeWithoutLack That is an interesting comment. I am certain Mike wouldn’t agre

@LifeWithoutLack That is an interesting comment. I am certain Mike wouldn’t agree with that, but I know a pastor who literally trusts whatever Mike put in his WIM video series.

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii So you admit then that some o

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii So you admit then that some of Paul’s commands don’t apply to you? How do you know which instructions he is giving everyone and which he is giving t

@Spenc59045Jason @JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii Just want to chime and say that although I am challenging Mike on his characterization of egalitarians and call for them to repent and his general handling of this topic, I don’t agree that “he doesn’t kno...

@Spenc59045Jason @JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii Just want to chime and say that although I am challenging Mike on his characterization of egalitarians and call for them to repent and his general handling

@avyargo @MikeWingerii Disobeying God’s clear commands is sin. Yet which command

@avyargo @MikeWingerii Disobeying God’s clear commands is sin. Yet which command do you know of where it is stated only once like 1Ti 2:12? And why would Paul frame God’s command as “I do not permit”?

1Ti 2:12 question

@BeardedPresby My wife doesn’t even have an account on X. Shows you how much you

@BeardedPresby My wife doesn’t even have an account on X. Shows you how much you know.

@RushiXmakima @Unashamed_Chuck I know this is a popular opinion, but I’m not convinced of it (yet). I see Paul using specific wording to point out a specific wife and husband in the church at Ephesus and relating what is happening back to the fall in...

@RushiXmakima @Unashamed_Chuck I know this is a popular opinion, but I’m not convinced of it (yet). I see Paul using specific wording to point out a specific wife and husband in the church at Ephesus

@harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao

@harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor If you want that, Gal 3:26-28 seems pretty clear. Is your pastor Jewish, or are now Gentiles allowed to be

Gal 3:26-28 question

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman” in v14 referring to? “She will be saved…if they” ...

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman”

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isolation forgetting the context of mutual submission a...

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isola

Eph 5:24 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching in Ephesus was important or Paul would have mentio...

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

Now let me reply to you as Paul did to the Corinthians who said such a thing: “

Now let me reply to you as Paul did to the Corinthians who said such a thing: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (1Co 14:36, KJV) https://t.co/9JnfZg3M57

1Co 14:36 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii So now quoting the Bible or reflecting what God s

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii So now quoting the Bible or reflecting what God says in the Bible is speaking for God? Uh…guilty as charged then.

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to m

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to my family can be applied to the church. I don’t know anyone who says women can be egalitarian in the family but only comp

Titus 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'s in the entirety of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 ar...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I think I’ll let God dec

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I think I’ll let God decide if he is going to kick me out of heaven because I shared the leadership of the family together with my wife. BTW, al

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly indicated as sin. Godly women teaching men the truth is nowhere stated to be sin.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The husband ought to serve his family in the gifting he has, which includes his strength. It is pretty rare that you need to defend your family nowadays, preventing women from protecting their families if their husband is not...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The husband ought to serve his family in the gifting he has, which includes his strength. It is pretty rare that you need to defend your family nowadays, preventing women from

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 @ajfworship @sailemptyskies How do you know that Paul is speaking

@Flyoverland22 @ajfworship @sailemptyskies How do you know that Paul is speaking of hierarchy of authority roles?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

🧵 Some like @William_E_Wolfe think that egalitarianism is “rapidly becoming a Ti

🧵 Some like @William_E_Wolfe think that egalitarianism is “rapidly becoming a Tier 1 issue.” Well, based on the interactions I’ve had with people, it seems that’s always been the case—they are just co

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@lyssasphere Why would you say that? We literally divide history by His birth and death, all of His apostles were willing to die for what they would know first hand to either be true or false, even His own brother who didn’t initially believe, change...

@lyssasphere Why would you say that? We literally divide history by His birth and death, all of His apostles were willing to die for what they would know first hand to either be true or false, even Hi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord is something the Holy...

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt ack

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, sin was not misunderstood for 2000 years. And it is ...

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, si

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write t

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write to Timothy (2nd person singular) so that *he* might know how to act. This letter was written to Timothy primarily though

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@Oneantifem Paul was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter

@Oneantifem Paul was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him: "Now for the matters you wrote about..." (1Co 7:1).

1Co 7:1 general

@MrTheSnig What "extra biblical" information did I introduce? You know that mean

@MrTheSnig What "extra biblical" information did I introduce? You know that means going outside of the Bible, right? I literally stuck to ONLY what is in the text and paid attention to all the details

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@MarnerJoshua Ok, well all the best to you and your church. Just don't treat your brothers and sisters who disagree on this issue as in rebellion to God. It's nowhere listed as a sin in any list of sins and we have women in positions of authority by ...

@MarnerJoshua Ok, well all the best to you and your church. Just don't treat your brothers and sisters who disagree on this issue as in rebellion to God. It's nowhere listed as a sin in any list of si

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Jesus’ death and resurrection is what birthed the church. This is mot referring to His authority. BYW, Leon Morris is a complementarian. But he has the ability to acknowledge w...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Jesus’ death and resurrection is what birthed the church. This is mot referring to His authority. BYW, Leon Morris is a comple

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and t...

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@kings_cross_nwa @SindlandOz34748 Why do you have authority now as a believer but not all believers have the same authority? Do you believe that God’s perfect order from before the fall was women being subjected to men and always under their authori...

@kings_cross_nwa @SindlandOz34748 Why do you have authority now as a believer but not all believers have the same authority? Do you believe that God’s perfect order from before the fall was women bei

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Grump_Old_Man @InnovationHQ2 I. Believe. Every. Word. Now please explain: "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces ...

@Grump_Old_Man @InnovationHQ2 I. Believe. Every. Word. Now please explain: "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles when they are just going to go all the way in the ne...

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles wh

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Brett_Samsonite @VCITW @riemersonck You are lying about me. Don’t you know that lying is a sin? Doesn’t that even bother you?? I do not hate scripture nor God. I cannot repent of your false accusation. Onesimus was a slave and was likely acquired ...

@Brett_Samsonite @VCITW @riemersonck You are lying about me. Don’t you know that lying is a sin? Doesn’t that even bother you?? I do not hate scripture nor God. I cannot repent of your false accusati

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothing to do with whether Gentiles or women are allowed...

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothin

@JunusAnna I’m not sure I’d characterize this as hate. They think it is their lo

@JunusAnna I’m not sure I’d characterize this as hate. They think it is their lot in life. They are meant to rule over women as a responsibility. PS: the complementarians I know basically live like e

@Just_A_Man67 @NicolasGold1 The issue here is you calling egalitarians prophets

@Just_A_Man67 @NicolasGold1 The issue here is you calling egalitarians prophets of Baal. When you were baptized, did you have to acknowledge the pastorate was solely for men?

@BBWoofield So now you have two possible meanings. How do you know which one applies here in Gen 3:16? In toil she shall bring forth children, yet her desire will be for her husband. Given the toil she will experience in childrearing, it is interes...

@BBWoofield So now you have two possible meanings. How do you know which one applies here in Gen 3:16? In toil she shall bring forth children, yet her desire will be for her husband. Given the toil

Gen 3:16 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness wi

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness will know what it means to quote the Bible out of context.

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@spaceangelvoice I'm not a fan of the everything that came from the age of enlightenment, but yes, in Paul's writing we have very clearly that there is a new unified "person" that is called the Christian and the walls that formerly existed are now to...

@spaceangelvoice I'm not a fan of the everything that came from the age of enlightenment, but yes, in Paul's writing we have very clearly that there is a new unified "person" that is called the Christ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be married either. “If a MAN desire…” is a bad translat...

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be mar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in the New Testament. If you can’t find any, that might shed light on the answer to your question.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man Everyone who follows me is probably laughing right now because I

@Grump_Old_Man Everyone who follows me is probably laughing right now because I literally spend all my time explaining this stuff from scripture. Ok, here we go again… https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@saltyliberal74 I don’t know why people keep propping Trump up as “a man of God”

@saltyliberal74 I don’t know why people keep propping Trump up as “a man of God”—he just needs to be a competent politician serving the country. We don’t need a pastor or a pope or a perfect moral ch

@ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @pastordmack It’s not the sense I’m getting but I’m

@ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @pastordmack It’s not the sense I’m getting but I’m just a biased Canadian. What do I know.

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Mike Winger says it’s about authority as he

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Mike Winger says it’s about authority as he acknowledges that otherwise there is no reason to stop women who are gifted, skilled and capable from serving as pastor

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes, all there in black and white. And now it’s up to you not to mishandle the text and take it out of context, but to make sense of every specific detail in the text and its context. What does stopping all women...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes, all there in black and white. And now it’s up to you not to mishandle the text and take it out of context, but to make sense of every specific detail in the t

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii We both claim to follow scripture. How would he know

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii We both claim to follow scripture. How would he know he has the wrong interpretation on something unless he listens to and interacts with those who disagree with him?

@Charb_izard I think “volume beats accuracy”? Not at all. It’s 100% about rightl

@Charb_izard I think “volume beats accuracy”? Not at all. It’s 100% about rightly dividing scripture. No one said he had to respond to me. I didn’t presume I’d change his mind. But I was providing a

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Wh

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Where on earth did you get that I’m a s0domite defender? I’m married for 27 years to one wife and have 3 adult children.

@PaulKM32 @ReformedCaio With Paul is explicit (1Co 7), with Timothy it is an inference. We know he is young (1Ti 4:12) and we have no instruction concerning any family or wife or any indication he was married. Paul is both an apostle and an overseer...

@PaulKM32 @ReformedCaio With Paul is explicit (1Co 7), with Timothy it is an inference. We know he is young (1Ti 4:12) and we have no instruction concerning any family or wife or any indication he was

1Ti 4:12 general

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God created some animals and plants and trees in front of ...

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God crea